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Patented Aug. 18, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM V. PARKER, OF PARIS, KENTUCKY.

UMBRELLA SHOW-CASE. l'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,091, dated August 18, 1896. Application iiled May 27, 1896. Serial No. 593,308. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of Bourbon and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella Show-Cases; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to show-cases for umbrellas, canes, and the like, and the object is to provide a simple, durable, and convenient show-case for umbrellasV and the like for store display; and to this 'end the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the. same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same figures of reference indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved umbrella-case with the top closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the top raised. Fig. 3 is a similar View with the top lowered down the back out of sight. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view with the top closed; Fig. 5, a similar view with the top lowered. Fig. 6 is ahorizontal section through the line of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a rear perspective view with the top lowered down the back of the case.

1 represents the case or cabinet, and it is preferably rectangular in shape, and provided 4with a forwardly-inclined top 2, the top, sides 3 4., and front- 5 being formed with a single glass panel, as shown.

6 is an inclined removable rack, in which the umbrellas or canes are set in an upright position, their lower or ferrule ends being inserted in perforations or recesses in the steps 7. These steps 7 are all rigid except the last or highest one 7', and it is removable, and several inches below it is a second shelf 8, which supports the umbrellas or canes when of an unusual length. The solid block 9 is provided with a mirror 10, extending entirely across the back and from the removable rack 6 to the top of the back of the case.

12 is the top frame, and it is provided with the usual handle 13 for convenience in raising and lowering. VThis frame 12 is hinged to a sash 14, which slides freely in vertical grooves 15 15 in the rear side standards 16 16, and two flexible wire cords 17 17 are connected to screw-eyes 18 18 in the lower end of the sash and extend upwardly over pulleys 19 19, secured to the cross-brace 20, connecting the two standards 16 16. The other end of these cords 17 17 is connected to a weight 2,1, the ends of which slide in grooves 22 22 in the standard 16 16, extending parallel to the sash-grooves 15 15, and the office of this weight is to exactly counterbalance the weight of the frame 12 and sash 14.

In operation the device is extremely simple, and is as follows: When it is desired to gain access to the contents of the case, the frame 12 is raised by the handle 13 until it assumes a vertical plane, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position it forms a vertical continuation of the sash 14. in the grooves 15 15. slight pressure on the handle will cause the frame and sash to descend in said grooves, while the wire cords will raise the counterbalancing-weight 21. This leaves the entire top of the case or cabinet open for the i11- spection of its contents. A slight upward pressure on the handle raises the frame and sash, and when said frame is raised to the limit of its upward movement, still holding the handle, the frame may be lowered to the position shown in Fig. 1, to exclude the dirt and dust and protect the contents of the case.

I-Iaving thus fully described :my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

1. An umbrella show case comprising a series of perforated rigid steps 7 8, and a removable step 7 a top 12 hinged to the sash 14, the standards 16 16 formed with grooves 15 15, the pulleys 19 19, and the counterweight 21, provided with the exible cords 17 17, the opposite ends of which are con- With the grooves l5 and 22, and the counterneoted to the sash 14C, substantially as and Weight 21, connected to the sash let by the for the purpose set forth. flexible cords 17 17, substantially as shown 2. An umbrella shoW-case, comprising the and described. 5 glass-paneled cabinet 1, provided With the re- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 15 movable inclined rack 6, the rigid perforated signature in presence of two Witnesses. steps 7 and 8, and the removable perforated VILLIAM V. PARKER. step 7', in combination With the forwardlylVitnesses: inclined top panel -frame l2, the sash 14 ED. D. PATON,

1o hinged thereto, the standards 1G 16 formed PEARGE PATON. 

